Call of Duty Black Ops Rises To The Top!
After the disbanding of Infinity Ward, Call of Duty hopefuls schooled in Modern Warfare feared the worst for the franchise. Treyarch had never been a particular memorable Call of Duty developer, and their last attempt, “World at War” was met with mixed reception from fans of the series. However, anticipation soon spiked when Treyarch first showed their next foray into the series – Call of Duty: Black Ops. With Black Ops, Treyarch finally chose to do what Infinity Ward did in 2007, and nixed the World War II back story for a more modern first person shooter in the vein of Infinity Ward’s Modern Warfare series.
Modern Warfare 2 set records at retail when it was launched in 2009, selling around 5 million the first day. Indeed, this popularity helped pave the way for Black Ops a year later, when it shattered the record held by Modern Warfare 2 just a year earlier by selling over 7 million copies its first day. With Call of Duty Black Ops breaking the record set by its Infinity Ward predecessor just a year ago, the COD series has become the first entertainment franchise in history to set sales records back to back for two consecutive years. Treyarch finally has their own memorable Call of Duty, and the Infinity Ward name has since been reduced to a whisper.
However, Activision has recently bragged about patching up Infinity Ward, and getting the development company ready to do what it does best – make video games. Will the revitalized Infinity Ward once again be able to claim their COD master developer title? Or is Treyarch the new champion of the series? I’m sure we’ll find out next year, as a new COD game is almost as certain then as a 2011 Christmas.
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07 Jan 2011, 10:42 am
Call of duty black ops for the Xbox 360 was a very enjoyable game. The game was original and entertaining. I gotta say that this game take a big step in the call of duty series. Multiplayer is a lot of fun, I’m glad that they added the concept to be able to purchase your own guns and not have to wait many levels just to get the gun you wanted. If you didn’t think the game was as awesome as it already is they added theater, so that your able to record gameplay of your gaming skills and be able to show off with your friends, this is a good thing they added although it does NOT record zombie mode and combat training. Combat training is a game that your able to set up yourself to play against the AI in the game, this is a good concept so that call of duty fans who don’t have xbox live can be able to play something else other then the main story line, zombies, or spec ops. over all i think that this is a must buy to all call of duty fans.